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Horizontal Dial
Unsigned
circa 1500 ?; origin unknown
Brass; 32 mm in diameter

This hour ring and gnomon probably belonged to a horizontal compass dial.

The hour ring is marked with common hours, and the folding gnomon is made for a latitude of about 30?. It was found in England and belonged to the Lewis Evans collection in the Museum of History of Science in Oxford.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 34112

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